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Sep 20, 2026
Eric Shaw QuinnHOST
Let's talk about what did happen before we talk about what absolutely did not happen.
Christopher RiceHOST
So one of the responses to these warnings, although it's not ultimately seen as a very wise one, is that they move the Pacific fleet from San Diego to Hawaii, which they think will be a deterrent for the Japanese.
Christopher RiceHOST
And it turns out to be the opposite at all.
Christopher RiceHOST
puts a target in place for the Japanese.
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Eric Shaw QuinnHOST
Secretary of the Navy.
Christopher RiceHOST
Right.
Christopher RiceHOST
This man would allow the Pacific Fleet to be moved deliberately into harm's way and obliterated, or decimated, I should say, does not hold water.
Christopher RiceHOST
Yeah.
David WalesNARRATOR
Pounding across populous coasts with mountainous seas flooding the land, they have drowned hundreds of thousands of people, certainly more than a million in the last three centuries and untold thousands before that.
David WalesNARRATOR
After the typhoon disaster, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet declared that his officers would have to learn forthwith about the law of storms.
David WalesNARRATOR
Really, there was nothing new in that idea.
David WalesNARRATOR
It had been voiced by navigators of all maritime countries of the world from the earliest times.
Will RogersCORRESPONDENT
Eager to investigate just what new capabilities the short waves offered, the Navy decided to conduct a sea trial and join the exploration of the new territory.
Will RogersCORRESPONDENT
In April 1925, ARRL Secretary Kenneth Warner announced that traffic manager Fred Schnell was to take a seven-month leave, return to active duty as a Navy lieutenant, and conduct shortwave radio experiments with the Pacific Fleet.
Will RogersCORRESPONDENT
Leaving San Francisco that month aboard the USS Seattle, an armored cruiser and the flagship for the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet, Schnell planned to travel to Australia and New Zealand after Navy maneuvers near Hawaii in May.
Will RogersCORRESPONDENT
Along the way, he would visit various other South Pacific islands on the fleet's itinerary and given leave in each port to connect with local amateurs.
Will RogersHOST
Eager to investigate just what new capabilities the shortwaves offered, the Navy decided to conduct a sea trial and join the exploration of the new territory.
Will RogersHOST
In April 1925, ARRL Secretary Kenneth Warner announced that traffic manager Fred Schnell was to take a seven-month leave, return to active duty as a Navy lieutenant, and conduct shortwave radio experiments with the Pacific Fleet.
Will RogersHOST
Leaving San Francisco that month aboard the USS Seattle, an armored cruiser and the flagship for the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet, Schnell planned to travel to Australia and New Zealand after Navy maneuvers near Hawaii in May.
Will RogersHOST
Along the way, he would visit various other South Pacific islands on the fleet's itinerary and given leave in each port to connect with local amateurs.
David WalesNARRATOR
Pounding across populous coasts with mountainous seas flooding the land, they have drowned hundreds of thousands of people, certainly more than a million in the last three centuries and untold thousands before that.
David WalesNARRATOR
After the typhoon disaster, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet declared that his officers would have to learn forthwith about the law of storms.
David WalesNARRATOR
Really, there was nothing new in that idea.
David WalesNARRATOR
It had been voiced by navigators of all maritime countries of the world from the earliest times.
Will RogersHOST
Eager to investigate just what new capabilities the short waves offered, the Navy decided to conduct a sea trial and join the exploration of the new territory.
Will RogersHOST
In April 1925, ARRL Secretary Kenneth Warner announced that traffic manager Fred Schnell was to take a seven-month leave, return to active duty as a Navy lieutenant, and conduct shortwave radio experiments with the Pacific Fleet.
Will RogersHOST
Leaving San Francisco that month aboard the USS Seattle, an armored cruiser and the flagship for the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet, Schnell planned to travel to Australia and New Zealand after Navy maneuvers near Hawaii in May.
Will RogersHOST
Along the way, he would visit various other South Pacific islands on the fleet's itinerary and given leave in each port to connect with local amateurs.
Will RogersHOST
Eager to investigate just what new capabilities the short waves offered, the Navy decided to conduct a sea trial and join the exploration of the new territory.
Will RogersHOST
In April 1925, ARRL Secretary Kenneth Warner announced that traffic manager Fred Schnell was to take a seven-month leave, return to active duty as a Navy lieutenant, and conduct shortwave radio experiments with the Pacific Fleet.
Will RogersHOST
Leaving San Francisco that month aboard the USS Seattle, an armored cruiser and the flagship for the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet, Schnell planned to travel to Australia and New Zealand after Navy maneuvers near Hawaii in May.
Will RogersHOST
Along the way, he would visit various other South Pacific islands on the fleet's itinerary and given leave in each port to connect with local amateurs.
Bruce McCandless IIIGUEST
So he jumped on a train and finally managed to find a ship, reported to San Francisco.
Bruce McCandless IIIGUEST
San Francisco ended up out in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor as part of the new Pacific Fleet.
Bruce McCandless IIIGUEST
And my grandfather was newly married.
Bruce McCandless IIIGUEST
He and his wife and their two kids loved being in Hawaii.
Tail DraggerHOST
And somewhere in Tokyo, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was reading the intelligence reports from Toronto very carefully.
Tail DraggerHOST
Yamamoto had been developing a concept, a carrier strike against the American Pacific Fleet sitting at Pearl Harbor.
Tail DraggerHOST
He had been studying the problem of shallow water torpedo attacks.
Tail DraggerHOST
He had been asking his staff about night operations from carriers, about the relationship between surprise and vulnerability.
David WalesNARRATOR
Pounding across populous coasts with mountainous seas flooding the land, they have drowned hundreds of thousands of people, certainly more than a million in the last three centuries and untold thousands before that.
David WalesNARRATOR
After the typhoon disaster, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet declared that his officers would have to learn forthwith about the law of storms.
David WalesNARRATOR
Really, there was nothing new in that idea.
David WalesNARRATOR
It had been voiced by navigators of all maritime countries of the world from the earliest times.
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